A DOG proprietor has been fined £800 after their pet attacked a cat whereas off the lead – leaving the animal needing to have a leg amputated.
Tracey Leonard was walking her dogs on a area in St Saviour on the morning of 28 October when a pointer, named Red, bolted off and located its means right into a neighbouring again backyard.
Advocate Howard Tobias, prosecuting, informed the Magistrate’s Court that the householder heard her cat scream.
“The cat was badly wounded to its left back leg,” Advocate Tobias mentioned. “It had to have its leg amputated.”
Advocate Stephen Wauchope, defending, mentioned Leonard was “a responsible dog owner” who educated her animals, and had instantly admitted the cost of permitting a canine to be dangerously uncontrolled.
The area was repeatedly utilized by canine house owners with their animals let off their leads, he added.
Assistant Magistrate Adam Clarke determined it was not mandatory for Red to be muzzled however informed Leonard she ought to hold the animal on a lead always.
He allowed her to pay the fantastic on the price of £200 per thirty days, however warned her that the cat’s house owners might make a declare for compensation by means of the civil courts.
